Altruism and Self-Interest in Democracies

Individual Participation in Government
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-40318-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 195 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3648 g

Individuals have little incentive to vote, acquire political information or contribute campaign funds, because their vote has very little chance of affecting the outcome of an election. Jankowski offers an explanation and evidence for political participation based on the fact that most individuals are weakly altruistic.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jankowski, R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Why Participate in Politics?: Beyond Self-Interest 3. Why Vote?: The Evidence 4. Why Become Politically Informed? 5. The Post-Election Phase: Public Interest Groups 6. A Gene for Altruism? 7. Altruism and Redistributive Government Policies 8. Altruistic Conservatives: Varieties of Conservatism 9. An Epistemic Defense of Democracy: Democracies Do it Better? 10. Representative Democracy: Electoral and Post-Electoral Phases

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Jankowski is Professor of Political Science at the SUNY at Fredonia, USA. He has also taught at the University of Iowa and University of Arizona, USA. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago, USA. His areas of specialization are political behavior, political economy, comparative political institutions, statistics, and game theory. He has published widely in political science, sociology and economic journals. His current research interests include foundations of rational choice theory, institutional economics, the political economy of growth, central bank intervention in exchange-rate markets, and democratization.